Clinton Announces Healthcare Policy

This article from the LA Times is about Hilary Clinton’s proposal for a universal healthcare policy, a topic that she rallied for but failed at getting passed during President Bill Clinton’s time in office. To help the approximately 47 million people who are without insurance, Clinton calls for a requirement for businesses to offer employee insurance or contribute to a government pool that would help cover the unemployed. For the smaller businesses, she would offer a tax subsidy that would help them cover their employees. She also wanted to stop some of the tax cuts given by President Bush to those who make more than $250,000 a year to help the government cover those who are unable to pay for the high cost of insurance. Clinton states that this plan will cost the government about $110 billion a year but promises that this is not a government-run policy. This plan has drawn criticism from Democrats and Republicans alike, most of which having to do with the time it would take for her policy to fully succeed.

This is worth reading because this topic may possibly make or break Clinton’s campaign for the 2008 Presidential Elections. It also affects every single one of us because we should decide beforehand whether higher taxes compensates for a promise of health insurance.

Source: LA Times